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Climate lying and fraud moves from science to politics

BPSDBOK, climate change denial has always been about politics, not science, but the climate change Deniers are expanding the scope of their lying and frauds.

Now they are forging letters allegedly from groups representing marginalized populations in an attempt to prevent any meaningful action on climate change. The letters to members of the U.S. Congress actually came from a Washington lobby firm.

“They stole our name. They stole our logo. They created a position title and made up the name of someone to fill it. They forged a letter and sent it to our congressman without our authorization,” said Tim Freilich, who sits on the executive committee of Creciendo Juntos, a nonprofit network that tackles issues related to Charlottesville’s Hispanic community. “It’s this type of activity that undermines Americans’ faith in democracy.”

“This was not a ‘mistake,’” wrote Freilich, who is also legal director of the Immigrant Advocacy Program of the Legal Aid Justice Center. “This was a deliberately and carefully forged letter that used the logo, address and name of Creciendo Juntos without authorization. Additionally, I understand from Ms. Hegyi that our organization was not the only Charlottesville-area organization whose reputations were used in an unauthorized manner to try to influence Congressman Perriello on this particular vote.”

“Africa’s real climate crisis” from Western Front America: “A Commentary and News Magazine From A Classical Western And Traditional American Cultural Perspective” Can you say ” ‘racialist’, not ‘racist’ “? I knew you could. Of course the fact is that marginal groups and peoples are the ones most at immediate risk from climate change. A sampling:

This is a topic area I hope to get into much more in the future. For now here’s someone who may know a little more than a bunch of well off white guys about the needs and aspirations of people of colour, Africa, and marginalised populations in general.

During warmer periods of Earth’s past, ocean upwellings were rare and the vast majority of the ocean was considered “stratified,” meaning that a pervasive, warm surface layer prevented cool and nutrient rich deep water from reaching the surface. Earth Gauge

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“They stole our name. They stole our logo. They created a position title and made up the name of someone to fill it. They forged a letter and sent it to our congressman without our authorization,” said Tim Freilich, who sits on the executive committee of Creciendo Juntos, a nonprofit network that tackles issues related to Charlottesville’s Hispanic community. “It’s this type of activity that undermines Americans’ faith in democracy.”